The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Upon

5 ___ of the Unknowns 9 Plain-speaking

14 Score for a (bull’s-eye

in archery

15 Part of jeans (that

might be ripped

16 A couple of octaves,

for most singers

17 Stay cool

20 What situations and

needs do

21 Record holder 22 Supply for an indebted

tattoo artist?

24 Early afternoon hour 25 Owns

28 ___-compliant (wheelchair-accessible, maybe)

29 Slays, in gang talk 32 No-goodnik

34 What a “swoooosh” sound may signal is on its way

36 “Think box”

37 Get ready for something amazing

41 Puts in order

42 Good news from one’s

employer

43 No-no

44 Is worth it

45 Spam caller, e.g. 48 Suffix with host 49 Philosopher (___-tzu 51 Nutritional drink

brand 54 Referencing

57 Cuts back

58 Don’t spend so much

money

62 ___ Heep (rock band) 63 “___ chic!” 64 Effortlessness 65 Doesn’t follow to the

letter, as rules 66 Peeved

67 Regretted

DOWN

1 Turkey’s capital 2 Having multiple levels 3 New York tribe or city 4 Product once advertised with the slogan “The choice of a new generation”

5 Certain boxing win, in

brief

6 Responsibility

7 Old World blackbird 8 Threatens persistently 9 Not serious, as a lawsuit

10 Numismatic classification

11 Member of a colonial

army?

12 Greenpeace, for one,

in brief 13 Understanding 18 What a “Y” with a pair of horizontal lines through it is the symbol for

19 Split, as logs

A-swems below 23 Some paradoxical

questions

25 Grant for a filmmaker? 26 Home to more than

4.5 billion

27 On the way

30 In shape

31 Goddess of spring 33 People eater

34 Frozen waffle brand 35 Uprights at Stonehenge, e.g.

36 Creak or squeak 37 “___ is too great a burden to bear”: Martin Luther King Jr. 38 Expression of grief 39 Pen tips 40 “Whoopee!”

44 North, east, south and

west

45 Government department

46 End of an ultimatum 47 Like students at semester’s end 50 Ingested

52 Longtime home of

Terry Gross

53 Cavalry weapon 54 Land south of Libya 55 Songwriter Laura 56 Ending with church or

party

58 Clumsy boat 59 Indignation

60 Drinking game?

61 “It’s no ___!”

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